The Marshall Thundering Herd (6-6) will go up against the UTSA Roadrunners (6-6) in the 2023 Frisco Bowl on Tuesday. These teams have matched up three times, with the Thundering Herd logging a 2-1 record. In 2018, Marshall blew out the Roadrunners 23-0. UTSA finished the regular season fourth in the American Conference with 31.7 points per game. On the …
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2023 Nickelodeon ‘Nickmas’ game: Taylor Swift appearance? Snowballs and slime? ‘Kids are gonna love it’
Getty Images CBS Sports’ special partnership with Nickelodeon will be on full display at Super Bowl LVIII in February, when the big game will also be broadcast in a family-friendly format. But NFL action on Nick will return even before then, with the Chiefs and Raiders set to appear in a new edition of the “NFL Nickmas Game” on Christmas …
Read More »NFL Super Bowl 2024 odds entering Week 16: Eagles stock plummets after loss to Seattle, Bills lurking
We’ve hit the Christmas holiday in the NFL, which means the regular season is just about winding down. There are only three weeks left and the playoff picture is seeing quite a bit of movement as we head down the stretch, which has also sent the latest Super Bowl odds for a loop. That said, the San Francisco 49ers remain …
Read More »Former NFL WR Antonio Brown sues movie producer
Greg Auman NFC South Reporter Here’s a twist: Former NFL receiver Antonio Brown is suing someone for not paying him as expected. Brown has made headlines for numerous instances of being accused of not paying people for contracted work — chefs, movers, personal trainers — but now he’s the one claiming he has been shorted. A lawsuit filed in Broward …
Read More »USC linebacker Tackett Curtis enters the transfer portal
The aftershocks from a failed 2023 college football season continue to reverberate through the USC football program. After Domani Jackson and Malachi Nelson entered the transfer portal over the previous 24 hours, linebacker Tackett Curtis joined the exodus from Los Angeles. Though not a five-star recruit the way Jackson and Nelson were, Curtis — a four-star linebacker — was still …
Read More »Grading NFL’s next generation of QBs, Week 15: Brock Purdy and Aidan O’Connell impressive in comfortable wins
Brock Purdy was once again Mr. Efficient in another 49ers thumping of an NFC opponent, while Aidan O’Connell cruised in the Raiders blowout win on Thursday Night Football. And Bryce Young may have had his best performance of the season in a rainstorm. Imagine that. There were a grand total of eight first- or second-year quarterbacks who qualified for this …
Read More »PFT’s Week 16 2023 NFL power rankings
1. 49ers (11-3, last week No. 1): The path to the No. 1 seed gets easier and easier all the time. 2. Ravens (11-3, No. 2): A cross-country trip to San Francisco on Christmas? Was Santa all out of coal? 3. Dolphins (10-4, No. 5): No Tyreek, no problem. When the Jets are the opponent. 4. Bills (8-6, No. 6): …
Read More »Marshall vs. UTSA prediction, pick, Frisco Bowl odds, spread, live stream, watch online, TV channel
Tuesday’s lone bowl game, the Frisco Bowl, will be a late-night affair highlighting a pair of Group of Five contenders in Marshall and UTSA. The bowl game will mark the fourth all-time meeting between the former Conference USA foes, which Marshall leads 2-1. Marshall started the season 4-0 before a five-game midseason skid put bowl eligibility at risk. However, the …
Read More »Panic time in Philly? Eagles questioning everything after third straight loss
Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter The Philadelphia Eagles looked like a team in crisis last week. They might be close to a full-blown panic now. Just days after they quietly demoted defensive coordinator Sean Desai and turned the play-calling over to Matt Patricia in what seemed like a desperation move, both coaches got to watch helplessly as the Eagles defense …
Read More »2023 NFL playoff picture: Ranking all 9 NFC wild-card contenders, including sinking Eagles, scrappy Seahawks
With 15 weeks down in the 2023 NFL season, the playoffs are right around the corner. A lot can still happen between now and the end of the regular season, of course, but the postseason picture is really starting to take shape. As we approach Week 16, how do the teams fighting for one of the NFC’s three wild-card spots …
Read More »New coach Curt Cignetti flipping everything IU football’s way: recruits, narratives, hope
A college football team hires a new coach, like IU did in November, and people get excited. Recruiting immediately goes up a notch. A decent transfer or two shows up. Fans get excited. Happens every year. You’ve seen it. But you’ve not seen anything like what’s happening at IU football. First, the obligatory disclaimers: Wins and losses happen on the …
Read More »Eagles’ Jason Kelce blames himself for ‘tush push’ penalty: ‘They’ve been warning me about that for years’
Getty Images Only one thing can stop the Philadelphia Eagles “tush push.” Jason Kelce was the culprit on Monday night. Kelce committed a penalty that significantly impacted the Eagles on their unstoppable play. The Eagles All-Pro center moved the football forward prior to the play and was called for a false start penalty with the Eagles holding a 7-0 lead …
Read More »Baker Mayfield, ‘still hungry,’ has the Bucs on the edge of another playoff berth
Americans love scoundrels, the scruffier and more battered the better. You know the type: wisecracking hotshots who sure seem unreliable but come through in the clutch. Keep your refined and elitist James Bonds, we’ll take Han Solo, Indiana Jones and Star-Lord seven days a week — and especially on Sundays. Nobody who plays in the NFL really qualifies as a …
Read More »The Heisman Trophy winner will not play in ReliaQuest Bowl vs Wisconsin
Wisconsin is dodging a bullet, if you’re heavily invested in the result of the ReliaQuest Bowl between the Badgers and No. 13 LSU Tigers. LSU star quarterback and 2023 Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels announced yesterday he was forgoing the game to prepare for the 2024 NFL Draft. This would’ve been the second matchup between Daniels and the Badgers, the …
Read More »2023 NFL odds: Best Week 16 predictions, including Cowboys-Dolphins
Geoff Schwartz FOX Sports Betting Analyst The drama never stops in the NFL. With three weeks left in the regular season, 26 teams are still alive for playoff berths. That includes teams we didn’t expect, like the Colts, Texans, Browns and Vikings. Then there are the Bills. They might be the most dangerous team in the league, but they wouldn’t …
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